Events
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Free Friday Lunch
Drop in for a free lunch at FUTO HQ. Some Fridays we host a talk, but the lunch is on no matter what — come hang out.
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A Pseudo-Random Walk Through Instruction Sets, CPUs, and Fabs
with Jack Mills
An overview of the design constraints, economics, and inter-dependencies of instruction sets, CPUs, and fabs — with Jack Mills, formerly Intel computer architect and Director of Research.
The Rise, Fall and Rise of Roman Genetics
with Razib Khan
A FUTO Talk on the population genetics of the Roman Empire — what ancient DNA tells us about who the Romans were, where they went, and how the picture has changed.
Don't Be Evil III
FUTO's 5th annual Tech Summit — leading voices in privacy, AI, open source, and the future of technology. Free to attend.
Beyond LLMs — The Promise of Cognitive AI
with Peter Voss
Peter Voss, who co-coined the term "AGI" in 2001, on the promise of Cognitive AI: adaptability, efficiency, reliability, and privacy.
LLMs as Research Assistants: Automating the Mundane in Bioinformatics
with Waqaas Akmal Butt
Waqaas Akmal Butt on building AI tools that accelerate research in the life sciences. Presented with the Austin Science Network.
Freenet Lives! Real-Time Decentralized Applications at Scale
with Ian Clarke
Ian Clarke, creator of Freenet, on a ground-up redesign of Freenet as a platform for real-time decentralized applications at scale.
Get on the AI Flywheel! Dispatches from Niche Lang-Land
with Dr. Isaac Yonemoto
A talk on the unintuitive experiences working with niche programming languages in the era of LLM-assisted coding, the future of programming and tech ecosystems, and the importance of local LLMs.
Scott Aaronson AMA
with Scott Aaronson
An ask-me-anything with Scott Aaronson, theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at UT Austin.